HotelsCombined sees big increase in mobile from US customers The company says bookings via smartphones rose 67% in 2016 while transactions made on a tablet were up 30% year on year. That compares to just 4% growth for desktop bookings. Source: Hotel Marketing HotelsCombined sees big increase in mobile from US customers

Expedia spending big to advertise on Trivago Travel metasearch sites such as Kayak, Trivago, TripAdvisor and Skyscanner would fall on hard times if they weren’t attracting advertising spend from their parents’ – or former parents’ – rivals. Source: Hotel Marketing Expedia spending big to advertise on Trivago